A spokeswoman for the FBI in Pittsburgh could not confirm or deny if agents began investigating, but she could confirm they recently received a request to do so. Borough Council members and the mayor were unavailable Monday, and those contacted did not return requests for comment.

Albert DeSalvo of West Brownsville Borough said he spoke with the FBI about one month ago after his repeated appearances at Brownsville Council meetings. DeSalvo claimed he was assaulted by police after he made a sarcastic comment to an officer during a domestic dispute involving two women at his brother's house.

"I said, 'Hey, don't you guys ever solve any real crimes?' He got very frustrated. He stormed at me pointing his finger screaming, 'You have a (expletive) problem.' When he got to me, instead of using his fingers, he wrapped his arm around me, right below my shoulders, and threw me to the ground. When I was on the ground, I rolled over into a defensive motion laying face down, he punched me on both sides of my head," DeSalvo said.

"I never expected anyone to take me at face value. This is a cop; we hold them to a higher standard. I understand that. But all the evidence points to him lying," said DeSalvo.

DeSalvo went to trial on assault and other charges in February, but a jury found him not guilty. Since the acquittal, he said he has appeared at council meetings asking its members to investigate the department.

The majority of council approved a request to the FBI for an investigation. After that vote, DeSalvo said he called and spoke with someone at the FBI.

"They told me it was going to be looked into and they'd be investigating," he said.Brownsville's police chief said over the phone Monday he had no comment and would let the FBI conduct their investigation.

Gen. David Petraeus pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday to end a probe into whether he provided classified information to his mistress when he was CIA director, according to a U.S. official briefed on the matter.